Basket-support.



E. L. FAGKLER. BASKET SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED SEFT.18,1911.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

again-mom I artsy/14mg Chili ,"met-al. .Each member is bent to form a cen- UNITED STATES .iPATENT OFFICE EFFIE L. FACKLER, OF CHAMPA IGN, ILLINOIS.

' BASKET-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 18, 1911. serial No. 650,054.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it .known that I, Erna L. FACKLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Champ-aign, in the county of Champaign and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Basket-Support, of which the following is a specification.

' cipal object to provide a device of this charportion, the parts belng formed of sheet metal and capable, of being easily and acter constructed of a plurality of duplicate coact-ing members or sections, each compris ing a curved basket-receiving portion, an upright portion, and a leg or supporting quickly assembled or taken apart, and when disassembled, the parts may be shipped or stored in. compact form.' I

With this'and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the-accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto a pended, it being understood that various 0 anges in the form and proportion may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. Reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, wherein similar figures of reference are used to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which drawing Figure 1 1s a perspective view of a complete basket stand or support constructed.

in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the vertical or upright portion of the stand showing the manner of connecting the several sections. or members. Fig. 3'is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 showing how the meeting edges of the members are connected.

My improved basket stand or support comprises four duplicate coacting members or sections 2 made of any suitable material, but preferably of. what is known as strap tral or intermediate uprigh'f'portion 4, and at the upper end of'the upright portion the member is bent outwardly and'horizontally at-right anglesto the face of said upright directions.

-readiliy and one which will support a basket,

portion as at 3, and then curved upwardly,

as at 5, the upper terminals ending in the" same horizontal plane, providing a, retaining frame or basket for the box or' other container. The extreme upper ends of each member terminate in eyes or loops 6, one of which is adapted to receive a handle 7 of any suitable construction. The members at the lower ends of the upright portions, are

bent downwardly and outwardly on an in cline forming supporting legs 8 which terminate in horizontal feet, the same being provided with suitable casters 9. to permit the easy moving of the stand or support from, place to place. The ends of the feet are curved upwardly, thereby providing a smooth edge at the lower terminals of each member;

The sections or members are fastened together at the upright portions of each, and

in accomplishing this the four sections are grouped so as to dispose the upright portions in the form of an "oblong, with the basket-receiving portions and legportions radiating from the top and bottom "of, the

upright portions. Each member or section is spaced apart equidistantly, and the two opposite members are arranged between the other two members, with the outer faces of'the first two members flush with the ends of the second two members, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Thetwo opposite members whose outside faces are flush with the ends of-the other two members are spaced from each other by suitable blocks 10, and are held in position by bolts 11, which pass through 'boltopenings in the upright portions and through said blocks 10, so as to hold said members togetherf There are preferably two of these blocks, arranged one near the top of the upright portion and the other near the, bottom. The other two members are held against the end edges of the firstmentioned members by suitable bolts 12 passing through openings insaid upright portions. Thus it will be' observed from Figs. 2 and 3- that there are two pairs of securing bolts, each pair connecting opposite members and arranged to extend in opposite than bolts 11.

Bolts 12 are necessarily longer From the foregoing description it will be, I

seen that an efiicient, easily assembled and taken down structure has been designe downwardly and. mitwardly extending le spaced apart in parallel relation, certain'ot'ythe members being arranged between cer- 1 tain other members, the outwardly and upward-1y extending portions providing supporting arms for the reception of a basket or the like, and the downwardly extendingportions providing supporting legs.

2. stand of the class described, comprising foul. duplicate eoacting members each composed of a strip of material having a medial upright portion, and at the upper end of said ,upright'portion bent horizontally outward and then upward, and at the lower end of said upright portion bent downwardly and outwardly at an incline.

the fourmembers assembled and secured together at their upright portions with the membersspaccd apart in parallel relation, two of the opposite members being arranged between the other two opposite member' the outwardly and upwardly extending portions providing supporting arms for the reception ofa basket or the like, and the downwardlyextending portions providing supporting legs.

3. A stand of the class described formed ot-i'our duplicate metallic members each comprising a medial upright portion,-a

portion and an upwardly and outwardly extending basket receiving portion, each memher being made of a single piece of metal arranged flatwise, the members grouped together with their upright portions arranged in the center to form a vertical standard, spacing blocks arranged between two of the opposite members and the other two oppo site members spaced by the firsttwo, and bolts connecting the upright. portion ofone member with the upright portion of the oppositely arranged member, the two pairs of members connected by separate bolts dis:

posed in opposite directions.

1-. A stand of the class described, comprising four duplicate coacting members, each comprising a strip of material. bent to form an intermediate upright portion, and at the upper end'of said upright portion bent horizontally outward and thenupward, and at the lower end of said upright portion bent downwardly and outwardly on an incline, the four members being grouped together and spaced apart equidistantly, the upright portions of two opposite members beingarranged between .the upright portions of the two opposite men'lltlers, spacing blot-ks between the first two members, bolts connecting each pair of members at the uprlght portions, one set of bolts passing through the blocks, the outwardly and up .rari'lly extending port-ions providing an.

open frame or basket to receive a receptacle,

and. the downwardly extending ,portions providing supporting legs.

Intcstimony, that I clannthe-foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed my sig- "natnre in the presence of two witnesses.

' EFFIE 'L. FACKLER.

lVi tnesses:

l 1,. lliz'rcrrms, Jr., (J. L. MAXWELL. 

